12 occurrences

'Allow' in the Bible

Or how will you say to your brother, 'Allow [me] to remove the speck from your eye,' and behold, the beam of wood [is] in your [own] eye?

Verse ConceptsUncharitablenessPlucking OutEyes Cared ForA Little Bit

And he did not allow anyone to follow along with him except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleExclusionChrist Going With People

How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow [me] to remove the speck [that is] in your eye," [while] you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [that is] in your brother's eye!

Verse ConceptsBeamsBeing FirstHumourAccepting OthersPlucking OutThe Faculty Of SightEyesHypocritesHypocrisy

Now [when he] came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleEntering HousesChrist Going With People

And he said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFirst ActionsInstructions About Following

And another [person] also said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say farewell to those in my house."

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFarewellsFirst ActionsDiscipleshipFamily And FriendsFamily FirstLeaving Parents For Spousegoodbyesfollowing

But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoChildlikenessLike ChildrenChildren And The KingdomChrist SummoningDo Not HinderPeople Of The KingdomBaptizing InfantsKidsChild Of Godbelonging

If we allow him [to go on] in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and Judah

But Paul said, "I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no unimportant city. Now I ask you, allow me to speak to the people."

Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfRoman CitizensAddressing SomeoneCitizens

And [those] from peoples and tribes and languages and nations will see their dead bodies three and a half days, and they will not allow their dead bodies to be placed in a tomb.

Verse ConceptsLanguagesNo BurialsAll Languages

Bible Theasaurus

Acknowledge (102 instances)
Admit (16 instances)
Appropriate (93 instances)
Permit (64 instances)
Provide (159 instances)
Reserve (27 instances)
Tolerate (15 instances)